SURREY
List 1
List of landholders in Surrey
- King William
- The Archbishop of Canterbury
- The Bishop of Winchester
- Bishop Osbern
- The Bishop of Bayeux
- The Abbot of Westminster
- The Abbot of Winchester
- The Abbot of Chertsey
- The Abbot of Saint-Wandrille
- The Abbot of La-Croix-Saint-Leufroy
- The Abbot of Battle
- The Abbess of Barking
- The Canons of St Paul's, London
- Lambeth Church
- Count Eustace
- The Countess of Boulogne
- The Count of Mortain
- Earl Roger
- Richard of Tonbridge
- William of Braose
- William son of Ansculf
- Walter son of Other
- Walter of Douai
- Gilbert son of Richere
- Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Geoffrey Orlateile
- Edward of Salisbury
- Robert Malet
- Miles Crispin
- Haimo the sheriff
- Humphrey the chamberlain
- Ralph of Fougères
- Reginald son of Erchenbald
- Albert the cleric
- Odard the bowman
- Oswald brother of Abbot Wulfwold, Theodric and others of the King's servants
The Land of the King
In WOKING Hundred
In GUILDFORD King William has 75 sites, whereon dwell 175 men. Before 1066 they
paid £18 0s 3d; now they are valued at £30; however, they pay £32.
Ranulf Flambard the cleric has 3 of the above sites in GUILDFORD, where 6 men
dwell. Ranulf also has full jurisdiction therein, save when the common tax comes
upon the town, from which no man escapes. If one of his men is apprehended for a
crime in the town and escapes, the King's reeve has nothing therefrom; but if he
should be charged and apprehended there, then the King has the fine. Thus
Archbishop Stigand held these sites.
Ranulf the sheriff holds one site in GUILDFORD which he held hitherto from the
Bishop of Bayeux. But the men of the County testify that it is not included in
any manor, but that before 1066 its holder granted it to Tovi, the town reeve,
in payment of one of his fines.
There is another house in GUILDFORD which the reeve of the Bishop of Bayeux
holds from the manor of Bramley. Of this, the men of the County state that he
has no other right there, but that the reeve of the village Bramley took in
marriage a widow, whose house it was, and that therefore the Bishop put the
house into his manor; hitherto the King has lost its customary dues, but the
Bishop has them.
Of another house in GUILDFORD which lies in the lands of Bramley, the sworn men
of the County state that it is only because the reeve of that village was a
friend of the man who had the house, and on his death he transferred it to the
manor of Bramley.
Waleran also dispossessed a man of a house in GUILDFORD from which King Edward
had customary dues. Now Otbert holds it, with customary dues, through King
William, as he says.
Robert of Vatteville holds 1 house in GUILDFORD which paid all customary dues
before 1066; now it pays nothing.
King William holds WOKING in lordship. It was in King Edward's revenue. Then it
answered for 15 1/2 hides; they never paid tax. Land for 6 ploughs. In lordship
1; 33 villagers and 9 smallholders with 20 ploughs. A church; Osbern of Eu holds
it. 1 mill at 11s 4d; meadow, 32 acres; woodland at 133 pigs. Walter son of
Other holds 3 virgates of this land. A forester held it before 1066; it was then
placed outside the manor, through King Edward. There is nothing there now.
Value before 1066 and later £15 at face value; now £15 by weight, and 25s to the
sheriff.
The King holds STOKE in lordship. It was in King Edward's revenue. Then it
answered for 17 hides; they paid nothing in tax. Land for 16 ploughs. In
lordship 2 ploughs; 24 villagers and 10 smallholders with 20 ploughs. A church,
which William holds from the King in alms with 1/2 hide. 5 slaves. 2 mills at
25s; meadow, 16 acres; woodland, 40 pigs; it is in the King's park. Value before
1066 and later £12; now £15; however, its holder pays £15 by weight. The sheriff
has 25s.
In BRIXTON Hundred
The King holds BERMONDSEY. Earl Harold held it. Then it answered for 13 hides,
now for 12 hides. Land for 8 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough; 25 villagers and 33
smallholders with 4 ploughs. A new and beautiful church. Meadow, 20 acres;
woodland, 5 pigs from pasturage. In London, 13 burgesses at 44d. Value before
1066 and now £15; the sheriff has 20s. The Count of Mortain holds 1 hide which
was in this manor before 1066 and later.
The King holds MERTON. Earl Harold held it. Then and now it answered for 20
hides. Land for 21 ploughs. In lordship 2 ploughs; 56 villagers and 13
smallholders with 18 ploughs. A church. 2 mills at 60s; meadow, 10 acres;
woodland, 80 pigs. Value before 1066 £25; later £16; now £35; however, its
holder pays £43. In Southwark 16 messuages at 18s 2d belong to this manor. One
Orcus holds 2 hides which always lay in the lands of this manor, but are in
another Hundred. He held them himself before 1066. Then they answered for 2
hides, now for nothing. In lordship 1 plough. Meadow, 2 acres. Value always 20s.
The Bishop of Lisieux holds 2 sulungs in Kent which were attached to this manor
before and after 1066, as the men of the Hundred testify. He claims as patron
the Bishop of Bayeux; his reeve did not wish to enter a plea thereon.
In WALLINGTON Hundred
The King holds WALLINGTON in lordship. Before 1066 and now it answered for 11
hides. Land for 11 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough; 15 villagers and 14
smallholders with 10 ploughs. 3 slaves. 2 mills at 30s; meadow, 8 acres;
woodland, which is in Kent. Richard of Tonbridge holds 1 virgate of this manor,
with the woodland, whence he removed a countryman who dwelt there. Now it pays
the sheriff 10s a year. Value of the whole manor before 1066 £15; now £10.
In REIGATE Hundred
The King holds REIGATE in lordship. Queen Edith held it. Then it answered for 37
1/2 hides, now for 34 hides, for the King's work. Land for *** ploughs. In
lordship 3 ploughs; 67 villagers and 11 smallholders with 26 ploughs. 2 mills at
12s, less 2d; meadow, 12 acres; woodland, 140 pigs from pasturage; from grazing,
43 pigs. Now it is valued at £40 and pays as much.
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